K1Ng5p4d3's Cardboard Box Grow (hehe)

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Sorry about the delay, lol n WHAT THE HELL?! the new format takes a little getting used to man. Anyways i got sidetracked for a day or so doin some dirty work for my pops. There was a storm the other day with some strong ass winds, and it blew his shed clear off the foundation and into the woods behind his house. I had to fuckin help move that shit back onto the foundation(after snapping some pics of course so pops could call his home owners insurance company n make a hefty claim, lol), so it took a day of my freetime.

im back now though, and lemme tell ya, the iphone's cam doesnt have as good resolution as i thought it would man, plus i cant get the damn installer to work right on my laptop so i cant upload pics to the damn thing. BUT, there is good news, my regular cam came back into my possession today, and ill be snappin pics in the mornin after the lights come on, n ill post them bitches as soon as i take them.

You guys are gonna be surprised man. the growth since i last took some pics is amazing. BC#1 not only caught up to her sister, but she surpassed her, and is now carrying two fat donkey dick colas, and a shitload of popcorn buds thatll hopefully turn into some nice sized nuggets over the next 3-5 weeks. All the other plants are doin amazing too, n Twilight is even catching up a little bit too, even though her main colas are still skimpy as hell, i think that shes a sleeper, n shes gonna blow up one of these days when i least expect it.

Anyways man, you guys can see for yourselves, and ill give a full update sometime after i post the pics up tomorrow. Ill try to do it at the same time i post up the pics if i have time, but if not ill get around to it sometime throughout the day. I hope you guys are as excited to check my shit out as i am to show it off

check you guys out tomorrow man,

-K1

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Those girls are lookin real nice man. I'm eager to see how the horizontal one turns out. It might get a ton of buds all the way down that stem!

Just thought id post this back up for ya TC, you pretty much called it lol. Not ALL the way down the stem, but all along the stem the nugs are starting to grow out. The two horizontal branches on the BC1 are startin to fill out to become some donkey dick colas man. Easily the most impressive two nugs in my entire grow right now. At least until my White Widows (untopped) grow out n start flowering (not even one pistil yet.) .

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

OK BOYS AND GIRLS!!! HERE WE GO!!

So, as promised, an update that is loooooooong overdue man. I got pics, i got info, n hopefully you guys will be as impressed with the ladies as i am. I cant believe the progress that ive seen go on in just a matter of 10 days man. Lookin at the pics from my last update and throwin them up against these ones, theres just no comparison. Its like two totally different sets of plants almost man. So without further ado, lets get this shindig rollin along man

Ok, So well start with the BlueCheese#1. Shes amazing man, straight up. She stinks like hell, Shes fillin out, and shes lookin good. The snapping and bending of her branches worked beautifully, and i dont think that shit would have worked out even half as well if i didnt do this shit. They healed up, and have some huge bubble lookin joints now at each bend that ive made. The two main colas are turning into Donkey Dick fuckin monster nuggets,n since i still have somethin like 2-4 weeks left, im assuming that theyre just gonna get bigger, n end up being some HUGE motherfuckers by the end of this thing here. Check the bitch out for yourself

Next we have BlueCheese #2.
Shes short, bushy,and every single main branch has a nice sized GIANT cola on it thats swelling up bigger by the day man. Big fuckin hairy buds(still waiting on some calyx action to swell up, but its happening slowly but surely), pungent ass smell, n shes just gettin fuckin ignorant man. Its seriously amazing that shes growing out like this, i was worried ten days ago that the girls woudnt fill out lol.

N Whiteberry. Shes putting on her sugar coating at the moment, although not as heavily as id like. But reguardless, thats gotta be the only explanation that i can come up with to explain why her nugs havent exploded yet. I know shes gonna get huge, because im takin good care of her just like the others, i guess im just gettin a little impatient cuz were nearing the end of week 5 of flower right now. Either way man, shes lookin seriously danky, and i cant wait for her to turn into somethin really special man.

The next two plants i had to take pics of together sort of, because i tied two of the Twilight branches down to the Northern Soul growbag. It was the only way i could get the branches down away from the 1000w enough to where it didnt burn the leaves, lol.

So heres Northern Soul. Man, seriously shes a fuckin BEAST dude. Shes lookin awesome. No problems, no complaints, nothing. Just a fuckin nice ass plant to grow. She stinks like a motherfucker, and her nuggets are getting huge. just like the rest of the plants, right now her hairs are whats predominantly showing right now, but the calyxes will swell out and well see what her actual buds look like hopefully within the next week, but for sure within 2.Cant wait man, i freak out every morning when i check these bitches out cuz i know its one day closer to the harvest, and its comin fast

And now, i have twilight. She actually is lookin pretty damn good if i do say so myself. Her buds are a little skimpy, especially for a plant thats supposedly a heavy yielder, but all her popcorn nuggets are filling out, and i think ill get at least an ounce out of her. Shes gonna be some good smoke. No purple in her yet, but i think that im gonna close the heating vents in the grow room during the last few days before harvest, to drop the temps down, and maybe try to change her color for some bag appeal. Well see though man, i may just be perfectly happy with some killer purps reguardless of what color she is, lol.

The Widows are doin good man. No signs of pistils yet though. There are preflowers, so i should see some any day now. Theyre about 18" tall right now, and really floppy n lanky lookin, but theyll toughen up real soon, and i really think ill end up with some awesome plants in the long run with these girls here. Nothin really to speak of about these girls yet. theyre doin great

N heres what happened with one of my twilight's tops when i first put the 1000w in there man. I just thought it would be cool to leave the plants right where they were because everything was goin great, and throw the 1000w in with the tops almost touching the damn cooltube. WRONG, lol. So i tied her down, and now shes doin better - i just cant believe i let that shit happen man, it fuckin sucks..

N also, im sure you guys will notice that every plant has burnt tips man. I know that sucks, but its from when i overused that fuckin Purple maxx, and burnt them all to a minor degree. Im still using the PMaxx, but in moderation now. I go once a week now rather than with every watering.


Now, i dont know if im gonna get me an lb or not (including the yield from the widows), but i DO know im gonna have one nice fuckin yield overall from these babies man. I cant wait until i chop dry n cure these bad ass bitches. Hope you guys all stick around man, itll be a fun next couple weeks!!

-Stay tuned

-K1.

 

[DWR]

U got me, i am tuned

* edit * those hairs just look so toxic HAHAAAAA excellent pics of the trichomes.. love em mmmmm i would eat em single with a tweaser

 

[420weedman]

wow man, your going to have an awesome harvest!
they all look perfect any problems with odor ?
im gonna do updates today, my widow has been in the flowering room for 2 weeks now i think... looks similar to urs
your making me want to build another flowering room

 

[chunkymunkey33]

Absolutely beautiful! Excellent job King, keep up the good work continue your super-informative posts.

 

[Thundercat]

Girls look great man, looks like we both are gonna get good harvests. glad the supercropping worked the way it was supposed to man. What did I tell you when you were all worried they wouldn't fill in. Just give'm time, and they are definitely getting nice and fat.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Absolutely beautiful! Excellent job King, keep up the good work continue your super-informative posts.

thanks man, lol. As always, i try to keep everyone as updated as possible, but also this is a journal of my first couple experiences as a grower, so being detailed helps cuz ill be able to look back at this a couple years from now(if the sites still up, god willing, lol) and can reference shit that ive done, or even look at solutions that ive found if i ever come across the same problems twice. I started keeping a real journal, but then i realized its probably not a good idea to keep anything written down as tangeable evidence in case something should ever happen to me. I even subscribed to Evidence Eraser and Pc privacy controls too. One click and itll wipe my hard drive clean of anything that ive done that i dont want linked back to me.

Girls look great man, looks like we both are gonna get good harvests. glad the supercropping worked the way it was supposed to man. What did I tell you when you were all worried they wouldn't fill in. Just give'm time, and they are definitely getting nice and fat.

yeah dude you definitely told me, lol. Im still a little pissed off that i couldnt take the reflector off of the cooltube so i could just let the sativas grow out, and up over the light n then along the ceiling - that woulda been cool lookin, lol - but this is workin out great. Theres HUGE elbow lookin gnarly ass joints where i bent them too. The stems were fuckin huge, and when i snapped them they oozed out moisture, and i was worried as hell that i just killed them off. took about a week to heal up but they never stopped growin out as u can see - Im fuckin stoked to see what theyre gonna be able to do in the next couple weeks man. two more days and ill be beginning week 6 of flower. I dont know when im gonna do my final flush and start just water though.

Id actually appreciate some advice in that area, cuz were gettin tothe point whereim gonna start askin people how many weeks they think i have left to go. But i think im pretty much on the mark sayin i got 3-5 weeks left, depending on the strain, so i think ill wait another two weeks, and flush them all out, and start my final preperations for harvest, but i already know im gonna be chopping a couple plants at a time - theres no way there all gonna be ready at the same time, at least in my opinion.

I need to seesome SERIOUS calyx growth over the next couple weeks to be confident enough to chop down anything at all man. Im keepin an eyeon the trichs for sure, but i really wanna wait until the last possible minute to chop these girls down. im in no hurry, i got plenty of personal smoke, so i wanna wait for peak ripeness. Ill be needin some help over the next couple weeks here.

 

[Thundercat]

I agree for sure they won't be done at the same time. Prolly another 2 weeks then a 2 week flush. That should get you pretty close on all of them, you might have to leave a couple for another week or 2 after that, but thats no biggy. I imagine in the next few weeks the calyxes are gonna beaf up man, as crazy as the pistil growth has been, it seems inevitable. They say they put on the most weight in the last 2 weeks.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

U got me, i am tuned

* edit * those hairs just look so toxic HAHAAAAA excellent pics of the trichomes.. love em mmmmm i would eat em single with a tweaser

Thanks man, fuckin LOVE hearin that shit from vets, lol. Kinda validates my grow for me in my fucked up ass head, lol

wow man, your going to have an awesome harvest!
they all look perfect any problems with odor ?
im gonna do updates today, my widow has been in the flowering room for 2 weeks now i think... looks similar to urs
your making me want to build another flowering room

FUCK YES i have problems with odor dude, lol. THE SHIT IS FUCKIN STINKY. I keep thinkin about how shitty my carbon filter is, lol, but then every day the smell just gets worse and worse. In the morning when the lights come on, like ten minutes after that everything smells like somebody threw a fuckin barrell o' nuggets onto a bonfire man. Fuckin PUNNNNGENT ass stank goin on in my apartment. I gotta keep some incense goin 24/7. THANKS LIQUID BLUE!!

-N dude, build away, lol. You got enough room man, hehe.

I agree for sure they won't be done at the same time. Prolly another 2 weeks then a 2 week flush. That should get you pretty close on all of them, you might have to leave a couple for another week or 2 after that, but thats no biggy. I imagine in the next few weeks the calyxes are gonna beaf up man, as crazy as the pistil growth has been, it seems inevitable. They say they put on the most weight in the last 2 weeks.

yeah man, fuckin it was the same with the last grow too, its wierd IMO. I look at other peoples grows and they got nothin but FAT fuckin calyxes goin on, and my last grow was ALL HAIRS n tiny ass calyxes. N its the same with this grow too man, so many hairs i gotta fuckin squint to see the actual buds, lol. But i know with the last time around i harvested WAY too early (it was probably around this stage that i chopped), and this time around i know i got a big ass surprise comin. I just figure with the size of the hairs, the buds have gotta blow up to become somethin huge man. Theres no way that some 5 star strains are gonna grow out to be some puny lookin nugs with a shitload of hairs, ESPECIALLY with all the tender lovin care i been givin them, lol. This grow has been nothin but fun - even with all the bullshit fussing i did earlier on, there was nothing to worry about, and it was all smooth sailing. I just wish that the bitches would EXPLODE ALREADY, lol.


--n sorry about not replyin to your posts earlier guys, i kinda rushed down the screen cuz i ran in the room real quick to check my posts, and i musta scrolled right past you guys DW n 420 lol, muh bad

Anyways, im glad you guys are as impressed as i am man. Theyve really made me a happy father, and i just hope ive done them justice as a grower. I wanna earn my greenthumb with this one, or at least a dirty fingernail man....its a start at least, lol

 

[onthedl0008]

Nice man. Im going to try and read this whole thread.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Nice man. Im going to try and read this whole thread.

wow dude thats actually really awesome of you to try n do, lol. Im laughin cuz the journal is all over the place man, it goes from my 1st ever grow to this one (my 2nd ever grow, lol). Its all there man. But yeah again man, thanks

 

[Thundercat]

Whats up King, just thought I would let you know I got the rest of the harvest pics up! Turned out fucking sweet. Around 330g wet, which should in theory dry up to about 33g, but if I get 28g I will be stoked!!! That was just the first flush, I hope to get the same from the second flush I might not though.

 

[DaGambler]

damn dude, makes me laught seeing these lovely ladies after reading your first post in this 'cardboard box grow'... you've come a long way baby

'fraid i don't have a lot of patience right now to read the whole thread... but it seems you found more room than just the top of your closet. if you could/wouldn't mind, please say or repeat what dimensions (roomwise) you are at right now. Also what lights you are using.

You're deffinitely going to be 'in-the-green' for awhile. That's a fair amount of personal.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Thanks man, i preciate you sayin so -- as for the dimensions of my space, its 2x4x5, and i started with a 600w digital setup MH/HPS, but about a week ago i threw in a 1000w to finish the girls up. As far as quantity goes, i guess i have ambitions to become something more than just a grower for personal use, but thats way down the road when ive been able to perfect my own interpretation of our craft. I want to be able to start off the way im going right now and keep on being able to produce an lb at a time for now, only when i move out ill be setting everything up so it goes off without a hitch perpetually (hopefully without a hitch, lol) . But ill probably keep doing small amounts like this for a couple years until i know what im doing, have perfected and found the best method and medium to grow that fits me , and i have something set up as far as a quick exit and tear down strategy goes for emergencies. Until i feel confident enough in what im doin, ill just keep on growin small scale for myself n my parents, n maybe smoke out a friend or two, lol

Thanks for swingin by Gambler man

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Just writing this time because im at the beginning of week 6 tomorrow, and i have no idea when im going to do my final flush - or should i say the first of a two step flush that ill be doing to finish up the girls. Most of the plants im growing are 8-10 week strains, and by the 28th of jan it will be week 10 for all of them. But i dont know if the plants are gonna do 10 weeks though -- what do you guys think?? do you think theyll need every single week of the next month to fatten up?? I do, but part of me isnt sure 100%, because i havent been through this part yet. Ive harvested but WAY too fuckin early in the past, so its gonna be a little rough goin for me over the next few weeks.

Now, i do believe that ill need the full 10 though, mainly because of the amount of hairs on the buds. You can still barely see the calyxes growing underneath them, and im assuming im gonna have nice compact buds come harvest because of the amount of light im using, and the correct spectrum. By the size and the amount of the pistils on my buds, IMO i would think its logical that the calyxes would swell out to the point that they are the predominant trait on the buds, no?? Right about now, no amount of reading is gonna help me, because none of it is situation specific, its all only generalized growing information. I kinda need help from peoples personal experience as i go along, to help me be able to tell when i should be flushing - thats my biggest worry, the harvest part is easy. I just dont wanna flush too early, and leave my girls with nothing to feed on to help them grow out to be all they can potentially be.

Anyways, just doin a pre-emptive post to let you guys know ill be askin for help alot after the next week or two goes by. Ill probably give a SHITLOAD of updates, just so you guys can have up to the minute pics of the buds, and can give me an accurate guess on wether or not you think its time to flush. Thanks as always guys, and ill throw up another visual update in a couple days, im just waitin for them to gimme another little spurt so i have somethin new to show off


thanks for lettin me talk a walk through my mind with my keyboard, lol

 

[420weedman]

Just writing this time because im at the beginning of week 6 tomorrow, and i have no idea when im going to do my final flush - or should i say the first of a two step flush that ill be doing to finish up the girls. Most of the plants im growing are 8-10 week strains, and by the 28th of jan it will be week 10 for all of them. But i dont know if the plants are gonna do 10 weeks though -- what do you guys think?? do you think theyll need every single week of the next month to fatten up?? I do, but part of me isnt sure 100%, because i havent been through this part yet. Ive harvested but WAY too fuckin early in the past, so its gonna be a little rough goin for me over the next few weeks.

Now, i do believe that ill need the full 10 though, mainly because of the amount of hairs on the buds. You can still barely see the calyxes growing underneath them, and im assuming im gonna have nice compact buds come harvest because of the amount of light im using, and the correct spectrum. By the size and the amount of the pistils on my buds, IMO i would think its logical that the calyxes would swell out to the point that they are the predominant trait on the buds, no?? Right about now, no amount of reading is gonna help me, because none of it is situation specific, its all only generalized growing information. I kinda need help from peoples personal experience as i go along, to help me be able to tell when i should be flushing - thats my biggest worry, the harvest part is easy. I just dont wanna flush too early, and leave my girls with nothing to feed on to help them grow out to be all they can potentially be.

Anyways, just doin a pre-emptive post to let you guys know ill be askin for help alot after the next week or two goes by. Ill probably give a SHITLOAD of updates, just so you guys can have up to the minute pics of the buds, and can give me an accurate guess on wether or not you think its time to flush. Thanks as always guys, and ill throw up another visual update in a couple days, im just waitin for them to gimme another little spurt so i have somethin new to show off


thanks for lettin me talk a walk through my mind with my keyboard, lol

id just plan on 10 weeks.. start flush when 1/4 of the hairs are orange.
i really want a plant that finishes in 8 weeks ... i got a few strains left to grow, wonder woman, northern lights, blue cheese, and power skunk.... i gotta look up all my finishing times again .... which strain should i grow next ? also i re-made my carbon filter for the 3rd time, the way it supposed to be done... and its working quite a bit better .... i usually notice a light plantish aroma in the morning... especailly in the kitchen .. but it wasnt there today!

 

[Thundercat]

So King we were talking about not knowing how to rep and such with the new format. If your interested I found out how to switch back to the other format. In "myrollitup" go to edit options, and the last field on the page is change forum skin. Change it to blazin 07, and it will go back to the old style. Peace guys!

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

yup, somebody helpedme out with the same thing TC, i switched that shit back to the old style. I even tried to rep you n 420 again, but i guess i dont rep people enough or somethin, lol, cuz it says i need to give out some more love before i can do it again but ill get on top of that shit, n good lookin out on the help reguardless bro!


N 420, dude id have to recommend BlueCheese to you hands down for one of your next strains to grow. I dont know if theyre gonna make it the full ten weeks man, theyre plumpin up really nice, and some of the lower buds are starting to go orange (the hairs i mean) all over, so i know that the time is comin real soon. I think by 8 weeks ill be just about finished, but im gonna let them go the full ten like you said, just to see if they end up fattening up. On the other hand though, im not gonna let the trichomes go all amber either, im a fan of couchlock, but my favorite is a nice cerebral high -- ive actually found that im more of a Sativa man than the indicas, but nevertheless a hybrid does me just fine


Anyway 420, like i was sayin, BlueCheese is the way to go. They fuckin STINK!! you can smell the skunky fuckin cheese smell, its there for sure, but the Blueberry cuts through it like a knife, and you get that sweetness in your nose every time you touch a leaf, lol. its fuckin great. As for your Carbon filter, your a lucky SOB, lol. Mine works, thats for sure, but it definitely doesnt do what its supposed to do. A Carbon filter is supposed to nearly completely eliminate the smell in a growroom thats airtight and enclosed. Mine takes away alot of the smell, but like i said before, in the morning when the lights come on, it smells like a fuckin bake-off in my apartment. I gotta set my alarm so i wake up 20 minutes before my plants do, just so i can get some incense burnin before the smellwave hits the house,lol. Im almost tempted to hook up an industrial sized carbon filter in there n see what it can do, lol. No more skimping on quality when it comes to eliminating odor. I didnt think it would be a problem for me when i first started, so i swung for the cheapest filter i could find. Dont buy the damn Growbright Jr Carbon filter. Its not completely full, and it just sucks in general

**another post on the way**

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Now, on to the reason i came into my journal. I woke up this mornin, and took my girls out to check on them as usual. Everything seemed fine, looked good and had me smilin, until i took everything out and got to my White Widows. One of them is thriving, lookin awesome, and will be sprouting pistils any damn day now, but i took a look at the other one, and the top 5 inches of the damn thing is drooped over n flopped to the side, lookin like its dying. Or underwatered or somethin. But the kicker is, the soil is still moist, its like its not takin up any water or somethin. The other Widows water is fairly moist, but the one thats in trouble is really concerning me. Now, tonight is watering night, and it will only be the 2nd time that they get nutrient rich water. I put a stake in the soil n tied her up to it so shes standin up straight now, but her leaves and branches are still drooping down like theyre underwatered. Maybe the root system isnt developed enough yet n thats why the soil is still wet, and the soil thats actually around the roots is dry?? I have no clue whats wrong with her man, its pissing me off.

Ive looked in my Garden Saver book, and theres nothing in there on the topic. I dont know what the hell to do -- i feed in about 3 hours, and wether its gonna help her or not i dont know, but im feeding her reguardless. She needs some nutrients for sure, but what else, i have no idea. any help on the matter really would be a life saver at this point.

Thanks guys
-K1.